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What are the 3 states of matter?

• Solid, Water, Helium

• Atoms, Liquid, Matter

• Solid, Liquid, Gas

• Gas, Water, Atoms

Where does most of the energy in an ecosystem come from?

• people

• plants

• the sun

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Producers are usually ____________

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Photosynthesis is when a plant captures energy from the ______ and uses it to make food.

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How do decomposers get their energy?

• by eating dead material and waste

• by eating plants and vegetables

• by eating other animals

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What happens if ONE organism in a food chain disappears?

• nothing

• it will become unbalanced

• it will be destroyed

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How might a forest fire affect the ecosystem?

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A litter of kittens have traits that are similar to both the mother cat and the father cat. Which best explains this situation?

• The kittens are provided the same kind of milk from their mother as they grow.

• The kittens are kept at the same temperatures by their mother when they are first born.

• The kittens inherit some of their traits from their mother and some from their father.

• The kittens are taught by their parents to have similar traits.

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Why does an organism look different from its parents?

• The organism inherits half of its characteristics from the male parent and half from the female parent.

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the female parent.

• The organism inherits most of its characteristics from the male parent.

• The organism develops its own set of characteristics after it is born.

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Which best explains why children resemble their parents?

• They eat the same foods.

• They have similar DNA.

• They speak the same language.

• They have the same interests.

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